HSS Books & Book Chaptershttp://hdl.handle.net/10220/182052018-08-14T23:51:04Z2018-08-14T23:51:04ZChildren’s Early Production of Physical Action Verbs in ChineseGao, Helena Honghttp://hdl.handle.net/10220/448282018-05-18T16:00:30Z2015-01-01T00:00:00ZChildren’s Early Production of Physical Action Verbs in Chinese
Gao, Helena Hong
Wang, William S.-Y.; Sun, Chaofen
Physical action verbs describe actions involving various parts of the human body. They appear in children’s vocabulary starting in the first year of life. This chapter introduces a corpus-based study of the production of physical action verbs of ten Chinese-speaking children between twenty-one and twenty-five months of age. The goals of the study are to find out what types of physical action verbs the children acquired around this age, how they used them in various contexts, and what factors were involved in their domain-specific word learning. The results show that 131 physical action verbs were used by the children and that among the actions depicted by the verbs, twelve different human body parts were involved. It was also found that there was a correlation between the linguistic characteristics of the acquired verbs and the nonlinguistic factors that affect the children’s understanding of the effects and the intentions of human actions.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZHybrid Federalization in India, Sri Lanka and NepalAllison-Reumann, LauraHe, Baoganghttp://hdl.handle.net/10220/448032018-05-16T16:00:29Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZHybrid Federalization in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal
Allison-Reumann, Laura; He, Baogang
Hofmeister, Wilhelm; Tayao, Edmund; Sarmah, Megha
In 2015 a new constitution in Nepal was promulgated which recognizes Nepal as a secular, inclusive, multi-ethnic and federal state for the first time. It is now at the early stages of implementing its federal structures and institutions. This is a pivotal time for Nepal. The five previous constitutions of Nepal failed and did not manage to avoid discrimination or overcome the domination of the majority ethnic group (Lawoti, 2007), and agreements with and principles for different members of society have not always been adhered to or delivered (Hachhethu, 2009). For more than 60 years Nepal has struggled to find appropriate solutions to problems of development, democracy, peace and equality (Von Einsiedel, Malone and Pradhan, 2012) and its new constitution has proffered a new direction for Nepal, albeit with continued contestation and disagreement.
2016-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Impact of Digital Health on Traditional Healthcare Systems and Doctor-Patient Relationships: The Case Study of SingaporeLuk, Ching Yuenhttp://hdl.handle.net/10220/447982018-05-16T16:00:24Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Impact of Digital Health on Traditional Healthcare Systems and Doctor-Patient Relationships: The Case Study of Singapore
Luk, Ching Yuen
Manoharan, Aroon P.; McQuiston, James
This chapter uses a historical perspective to examine the development trajectory of digital health in Singapore since 1980 and the impact of digital health on the current health care system and doctor-patient relationship. It shows that digital health is able to transform a fragmented and provider-centric health care system into a more integrated and patient-centric health care system. Besides, it improves the operational efficiency of health care providers, reduces administrative costs and turnaround time, and empowers patients to contribute in treatment decisions. It shows that the development of digital health requires the government to have strong political will and long-term commitment to support and promote the use of digital health to its full potential and engage stakeholders in the policy making process so that such policy can suit the special needs of stakeholders.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZInternal migration in China: Linking it to developmentHuang, PingZhan, Shaohuahttp://hdl.handle.net/10220/441482017-12-15T16:00:31Z2005-01-01T00:00:00ZInternal migration in China: Linking it to development
Huang, Ping; Zhan, Shaohua
Laczko, Frank; Pinto-Dobernig, Ilse
In recent years, the Chinese Government pursued a more positive approach towards rural-urban migration, and adopted a number of policies in support of rural migrants in urban areas. This paper shall emphasize the relationship between migration and development and poverty alleviation. It is proposed that internal labour migration can have a positive effect on development and poverty alleviation in the areas of origin. It will also highlight the new policies and practices initiated in recent years.
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